1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. By Rebecca Skloot. BROADWAY.
2. Cleopatra: A Life. By Stacy Schiff. BACK BAY.
3. Let's Take the Long Way Home. By Gail Caldwell. RANDOM HOUSE.
4. The Emperor of All Maladies. By Siddhartha Mukherjee. SCRIBNER
5. The Hare with Amber Eyes. By Edmund de Waal. PICADOR.
5. Just Kids. By Patti Smith. ECCO.
6. Outliers. By Malcolm Gladwell. BACK BAY.
7. The Happiness Project. By Gretchen Rubin. HARPER.
8. The Other Walk: Essays. By Sven Birkerts. GRAYWOLF.
8. The Blessing of a B Minus. By Wendy Mogel. SCRIBNER.